Missions 2010 - They're waiting

The children from Nyamagesa Boarding school were blessed with two clean drinking water systems this year! Grow Missions provided one that is connected to the main school building while a mission group from the UK provided a second one attached to the new library building. In April we were also blessed with a large shipment of books from one of our dearest friends in Florida so that this library and one other could have the supplies they needed to teach the children and parents about the love of Jesus.

Water, books, buildings - and the Words of Life found in the Holy Bible. The children and families of rural Africa are waiting. God asks us the question, "How will they know?" and calls us to take the truth to those that are in need... to the hungry and the poor, the needy and the lost. They are waiting. Waiting for you!

During 2010 we have been blessed with funds to provide 8 fresh drinking water systems. Times are hard and our fund raising efforts have been slow to bear fruit this year. Yet, in the midst of these struggles God has still provided. Over 4000 more children and their families now have clean water. In addition, we have sponsored a student pastor to help teach the families around these villages the truth of God's Word. God has also somehow enabled the sending of funds for cows, and through this, He has empowered four more widows in attaining a new, sustaining way of life. If only you could see the faces of these women and their children as they receive a cow, assuring them that God is truly providing for them. They have a new outlook on life, and a renewed trust that God has heard and answered their fervent prayers.

Now as we approach the end of the year, we are in the final planning stages of our year- end mission trip to Kenya. During this trip we will be building three more rain water collections systems and another 1500 children will be saved by the ability to now drink clean water. We have also established 10 campaign centers where we will be teaching God's Word for the first two weeks of December to thousands of people seeking a better life. A life with Jesus! Please join us in prayer as we seek God's guidance and blessings for this mission adventure. May the hearts and minds of those that He has prepared to come to these meetings be open to the truth, and may our hearts be prepared for the journey. In all things we do, we seek only to glorify His name!

Thank you for your continued support for both our humanitarian efforts and the evangelistic crusades. God has instilled in us an enormous fervor for the great work ahead of us! We hope you can join us soon either in the mission field or here at home in financial or spiritual support. Let's do it together!

They are waiting for you....

World Water Day - March 22, 2010

"We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking-water, sanitation and basic health care."

Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

March 22, 2010 is World Water Day. Established by the UN in 2005, this is a day to bring awareness to the world and help get people active and involved in addressing the issue of water in the developing and developed countries.

Here are some facts:

■ 1.1 billion people (17% of the global population) lacked access to improved water sources.
■ Over half of the world's population has access to improved water through household connections or yard taps.
■ Of the 1.1 billion without improved water sources, nearly two thirds live in Asia.
■ In sub-Saharan Africa, 42% of the population is still without improved water supply.
■ Between 2002 and 2015, the world's population is expected to increase every year by 74.8 million people.
■ 88% of diarrheal disease is attributed to unsafe water supply, inadequate sanitation and hygiene.
■ Improved water supply reduces diarrhea morbidity between 6% and 25%, if severe outcomes are included.
■ Improved sanitation reduces diarrhea morbidity by 32%.
■ Hygiene interventions including hygiene education and promotion of hand washing can lead to a reduction of diarrheal cases by up to 45%.
■ Improvements in drinking-water quality through household water treatment, such as chlorination at point-of-use, can lead to a reduction of diarrhea episodes between 35% and 39%.
■ Improper planning of dam and irrigation projects has led to rapid intensification of transmission of malaria and schistosomiasis; for example, in development areas of the Senegal River Basin schistosomiasis prevalence shot up from 0 to 90% in a period of less than 2 years.

Why should we care? I would like to answer this question with a question... Why did Jesus care? In Matthew 25 we are called to action and told of our charter. Care for the poor! Give water to the thirsty! Give of ourselves if we are to receive the gift of life in return.

One day each year the world comes together to make a statement and show we care. Children need water to survive. This year we are asking you to get involved! Take action! Organize a fund raising event! Ask your church if you can take a special donation for World Water Day.

Give of your time and your talents.

Please help.